[quote user="Bill@VT"]

Thanks. That was very helpful, but I am not sure what the issue is. It gives a SSL error as given below:

 00:05:52.857 22: Error -32 activating SSL session (locus 6014, type 4, 'Invalid length 17609 for handshake packet type 13\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC')

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This error is triggered by servers asking for client certificates in the SSL handshake after an update to the root-CA file used. It is either the raw size of the list or the contents. Didn't check that. Eg. on Redhat/CentOS  the root-CA bundle /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt grew from ~570kB to 750kB. Since Pegasus complains about "length" I think it's the size. Deactivating client cert verification on the server side can help to work around the "limited" SSL library from Pegasus (again). There is nothing you can do to fix this on your side other then disabling SSL at all.

 Greetings, MASHtm

Starting Dec 1, my default SMTP started getting an error on sending mail. The screen did not show any trace. I have tried the same setup in 2 other packages, including Thunderbird, and those attempts worked. I am running out of ideas for debugging the issue (assume it is my issue or some form of Malware). I have tried other SMTP servers and the results work fine. The server with the error is a port 995 with SSL active. I have tried at least 2 different machines with varying OSs installed (WIn7 and VISTA). Any suggestions for trouble shooting -- or should I run a malware detector of such programs?

Try this:

  http://community.pmail.com/forums/post/24030.aspx

Thanks. That was very helpful, but I am not sure what the issue is. It gives a SSL error as given below:

 00:05:52.857 22: Error -32 activating SSL session (locus 6014, type 4, 'Invalid length 17609 for handshake packet type 13\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC\FFFFFFCC')

Cannot help you with that. Others here might have the solution.

The only thing that comes to mind is the possibility of an AV program interfering with the handshake process.

> The server with the error is a port 995 with SSL active.

Sure? 993 would be SSL for IMAP, SSL or TLS for SMTP are normaly on 587 or 465.

If that's not the reason, the date at beginning of month points to that your provider may have changed something. Maybe he changed version of SSL to V3, which Pegasus doesn't support yet. Have a look at the webpages with configuration hints of your provider.

bye    olaf